Years ago my wif had a Broco II with NO freon in it.and I changed the fittings to the 134 style and just filled it up with 134 instead of the R12 it came with....no oil change, no evac, just filled it.. Worked great for 3 yrs till it sold...no issues whatsoever...so it can be done, just needs a tight system or other than a van system I guess...Daryl of AA Trans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Bauer" <Tom.Bauer@SUN.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:32 PM Subject: R134 conversion
> Hi All, > > I had the AC on my 89 Westy converted from R12 to R134 four years ago. > Each year since the conversion, I have had to get a new re-manufactured > compressor installed due to the compressor leaking. The place that did > the conversion has done each replacement compressor for free (under > warranty) but tells me that the R134 conversion was a mistake. They > tell me that they have 5 other customers with the same issue and that > the system was never a very good AC system and that converting makes it > even worse. > > I see from the archives that other people have done the R134 conversion > with apparently better luck than I. Has anyone got any ideas about what > could be going on here? The repair place is very good and uses quality > re-manufactured compressors, but they just keep leaking after about 1 > years of use. > > Thanks for your help. > > -Tom Bauer > |
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